Comments on: Goodell “absolutely” would let his son play football

By: omniusprime

omniusprime — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:00:07 +0000

Goodell would sacrifice his only son just to keep his pathetic job as NFL commissioner. Goodell will say anything so I wouldn’t believe anything he says, except to punish the cheating Saint’s.

By: pabrownsfan

pabrownsfan — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:40:29 +0000

Both of my sons played from pee wee through high school and loved it. Was i a nervous father? Yes. I could not sit and and would pace the fenced sideline the entire game. Would i let them play again? Of course. Is it just me and my twisted sense of humor or does anyone else wonder what Roger would do if a coach put a bounty on his kid?

By: ErinAndrewsStopCallingMe

ErinAndrewsStopCallingMe — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:50:43 +0000

Dubblezenhell,

The reason they went to plastic helmets was because the leather helmets weren’t protecting skull fractures. I read that approximately 18 kids died per year if this so then plastic helmets were created. So it’s pick your poison: skull fractures that kill immediately or concussions that kill more over time. Either way the NFL is screwed and if I owned a team, I’d be selling it quickly.

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:59:29 +0000

Yeah, it would be nice to know how to avoid getting your post deleted. Has happened to me many times. However, I am not sure if it is because of a moderator with an itchy trigger finger, bugs in the software, or both. Whatever it is, it is pretty inconsiderate to the users, given the fact that our visits here help pay the bills.

By: dubblelznhell

dubblelznhell — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:29:32 +0000

Make them wear leather helmets. See how many head to head collisions are recorded then. No doubt there’d be some, though not nearly as many. It would take someone of below average awareness and/or intelligence to pop someone else’s skull with a leatherhead. BTW, Ravens making Kaepernick look like the rookie he is.

By: vicvinegar00

vicvinegar00 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:32 +0000

I’m sick of these NFL guys comparing playing in the league to military service. Goodell just did it again here. Then went even further to reference the American Revolution as akin to playing football. Get over yourself guys. It is just a game. A billion dollar game, but still a game.

By: ttommytom

ttommytom — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:37:17 +0000

MTLighthouse69

It’s hit or miss here. Leave out certain buzz words and you are close to getting a post. One never knows sometimes.

I’ve been here since 2004. Back then we used to wait for Florio to get off work. Fun days…but posts didn’t seem to get lost near as much since CBS took over…

By: charger383

charger383 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:36:49 +0000

He would fine the quarters out of his son’s piggybank

By: MTLighthouse69

MTLighthouse69 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:25:59 +0000

I have one word for you: Moops.

I am not one to complain (who am I kidding), but it really is getting frustrating when I type a clean post and it disappears somewhere on the internets, never to be posted at PFT. It would be nice to know what I am doing wrong, if anything, so that I am not wasting my time trying to post something that is never going to get posted.

By: sabanissatan

sabanissatan — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:23:59 +0000

All Goodell cares about it making scores higher so non NFL fans will start playing fantasy and in turn start watching the NFL… Yet another reason why true football fans are becoming bigger fans of the less tampered with game, college football

By: ttommytom

ttommytom — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:20:59 +0000

If you don’t have a son, you can’t talk about what you would or wouldn’t allow him to do. Like those morons who don’t have kids telling us how to raise kids.

Stupid hypothetical nonsense.

I have a bunch of daughters. No sons.

I LOVE football but I don’t know if I would let my son play football because I don’t have one nor ever will have one.

By: garyman1

garyman1 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:13:24 +0000

Commissioner, you better not let him play until after Jonathan Vilma retires.

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:09:30 +0000

I wish he’d let the guys in the NFL play football.

By: tomtravis76

tomtravis76 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:09:17 +0000

Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:09:08 +0000

Of course Goodell wouldn’t mind if his son played football. Roger knows that if he were to have a son in the future, by the time he gets old enough to play, the NFL will have outlawed tackling. Roger just needs a little more time.

By: smithopher

smithopher — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:07:22 +0000

Not everyone who plays football gets brain damage. Most who play don’t even make it to the collegiate level or beyond, where most of the hits able to deal concussions are really found. The risk is there but it’s smaller than people realize, and it’s most likely more of a problem the better players need to deal with. Football also teaches and promotes teamwork, dedication/commitment, discipline and work ethic, amongst other things. Hypothetically, if I had a son, I’d let him play too. I’d make sure he knew the dangers involved and proper technique to avoid head injuries first but I would let him play.

By: nunezmc

nunezmc — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:06:37 +0000

I guess somebody has to give Goodell some credibility, even if it’s himself…

By: giantenemybird

giantenemybird — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:04:08 +0000

Only so he can discipline him after childhood.

By: blacknole08

blacknole08 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:00:22 +0000

I don’t see why he wouldn’t let his son play. Injuries are part of any physical sport.

Anyone who thinks otherwise can just go do ballet or something.

By: jakec4

jakec4 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:59:27 +0000

Goodell would be the only dad in the stands calling for an eight year old pee wee football player to be fined too I bet.

By: benroethlisberger7

benroethlisberger7 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:59:04 +0000

Goodell, ever the politician

By: tucsonpackfan

tucsonpackfan — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:58:40 +0000

This is a great post.

By: mad55555

mad55555 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:58:29 +0000

You don’t have to have a boy to keep them from playing football. Football is sorta like smoking cigarettes. They are bad for your health and you will have severe health problems when you get older. No matter how safe they make this sport, as long as the brain rattles around in their skull, you can count my son out… if I have one. The argument for letting children play a sport that has as many violent collisions as football, is quiet pathetic and laughable. It like arguing that you can prove there is a god, or automatic assault weapons have a place in our society.

By: staffordsyear

staffordsyear — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:58:04 +0000

Yea like he’s gonna say no.

By: thejuddstir

thejuddstir — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:56:24 +0000

LMAO….Mr. Found Religion, Ray Lewis had to be “beeped out” in players huddle before the game. Everyone deals with guilt in a different way but Lewis’s phoney religion act is a disgrace to himself and the media who is so willing to put him on a pedestal. The media wants to talk about all the accomplishments of Ray Lewis but are afraid to bring up Atlanta 10 years ago.